A change for the better?

This article discussed the importance of the NYC survey on schools performance and how the kids in these schools are learning and if the schools and teachers are listening to what the parents are saying .It also talks about the way the students feel their grades are as in if they think that with the teachers understanding them more are they getting a better education. Its also asking parents how they feel about there child's education this year.
I agree that this school year I have learned a lot from my classmates and from my teachers. They have taught me lots of things that I wasn't able to understand before. I also agree that my average has gone up and that with the smaller classes I was able to learn much easier.
I did take the survey this year during class. I will say that I didn't mind taking the NYC's evaluation survey because it helps teachers to know that we are pleased with the knowledge we are getting.It also tells them if we are learning anything and if they are making a difference.
I am very satisfied with my education because in the past my average was very low this year I have jumped a total of 40%. This is a great improvement. I can also say that my mom is very proud of my learning experience. I don't think that my education needs any improvements. All I think is that the teachers should give less essays because this is a great way to prep for test and college, but it is also tiring.

music of the mind

the picture on the left is Taking back Sunday and the picture on the right is The Used.

Music is a part of daily life people use music to show how they feel underneath.In my daily life the music I listen to helps me to stay calm its just one way that I show what I'm feeling at the moment one artist that I listen to is Taking back Sunday this band helps because what they are saying in there lyrics normally applies to the way I am feeling at the present time. this band is one of the many that play on my ipod their is also another band called The Used this is another band that Say's things that can relate to an every day feeling or it can also be just another band. One lyric from the band taking back Sunday is "now I'm lien on the table with everything you said keep that in mind the way that it felt when the most I can do is to just blame my self the most I can do is to just blame myself now I now you know every thing and I know you didn't mean it and I know you didn't mean it" These lyric comes from there song: This Photograph is Proof . This quote means a lot to me because we as people tend to blame every thing on our selves when things get a bit tough or go wrong . Now here's another peace from another band I like called The Used "I should have done something but I done it enough by the way your hands were shaking I could waste some time with you should have said something but I said it enough by the way my words are fading I could waste some time with you" This peace comes from there song: Blue and Yellow. This means a lot to me because I had some one I cared about and that person left and i never told her I cared about her enough because I thought it was a waste of time now my words are fading and I wished I would have told her it more often.

http://www.last.fm/music/Taking+Back+Sunday

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Used

Habits of mind

The habits of mind means "Having a disposition toward behaving intelligently when confronted with problems the answers to which are not immediately known"
There are many habits of mind that may apply to every day life and in my life there are three that I feel apply to me Persistence ,Managing Impulsivity,and Listening with Empathy and Understanding these are just some of the ones I feel apply to my everyday life. These habits apply to me in daily life because I am very constant with accomplishing a goal and I normally try my hardest to complete a task that I start this is Persistence.
The next habit applies when thinking about the task at hand I normally try my best to stay calm and think of all possible ways that can help accomplish the task I also look towards the words of my friends before coming to an conclusion this is known as Managing Impulsivity.
The last habit is listening and understanding this takes place in many peoples daily lives this plays a big role in my life because I normally am the person my friends come to with problems and I always listen before I answer because I try and look deeper into there words to find the answer. I look for feeling behind the words that are said I also look for any act of motion in the things they say so that I am able to help them in there problems or in a task that they are in the middle of accomplishing this is also known as Listening with Empathy and Understanding.

I Am

I Am Chris

I am chivalrest and Artistic
I wonder who I am
I hear the sounds of wind
I see life as it is and how it use to be
I want a life of a humble person
I am chivalrest and Artistic

I pretend to be a knight from the past days
I feel strange
I touch the surface of the water as if it’s was solid?
I worry that the people held close are the people who leave
I cry only inside with rage of my passing father
I am chivalrest and Artistic

I understand “that the world is like a big black pit “
I say that it’s not the world but the people that live in it
I dream of days where we believe
I try and fix the unfixable
I hope things can change… But they never do because people never change … I am chivalrest and Artistic I am a whistle in the wind.